. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/185 
30 November 2009  
 (09-6026) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario , ICA (Colombian Agricultural 
Institute) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Olaquindox growth promoter 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners, or 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Instituto Colombiano 
Agropecuario - ICA "Por medio de la cual  se prohíbe el uso y comercialización del 
Olaquindox en producción animal " (Draft Resolution of the Colombian Agricultural 
Institute (ICA) "prohibiting the use and mark eting of Olaquindox in animal production") 
Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  Prohibition, notification and period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X] food safety, [ X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission  (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM No.)  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes [ ] No  
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/COL/185 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Council 
Directive 70/524/EEC of 23 November 1970 c oncerning additives in feeding-stuffs and 
Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2788/98. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  26 February 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Address , fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Servicio Nacional de Información 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.: +(57-1) 241 0478 
Fax: +(57-1) 241 0480 
or Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario - ICA 
Subgerencia de Regulación Sanitaria y Fitosanitaria Dirección Técnica de Asuntos Internacionales 
Calle 37 # 8-43 Piso 4 Oficina 411 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: +(571) 2872728 Fax: +(571) 285 3485 Website: http://www.ica.gov.co
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X] National Notification Authority, [ X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A-15, tercer piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Enquiry point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.: +(57-1) 6067676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(57-1) 2410480 
The text is available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/COL/09_4190_00_s.pdf